Nutritional Content and Elemental and Phytochemical Analyses of Moringa oleifera Grown in Mexico

Table 2

Measured concentration in (mg/100 g) of trace element in the M. oleifera leaf powder.

Elements	Lombardia	San Pedro	[28]
Calcium (Ca)	2016.5 ± 22.6	2620.5 ± 5.6^**	1897 ± 748.4
Magnesium (Mg)	322.5 ± 0.0	340.6 ± 2.8^**	473 ± 429.4
Potassium (K)	1845 ± 7.0	1817 ± 14.1	1467 ± 636.7
Sodium (Na)	8.13 ± 0.6	40.78 ± 0.7^**	220 ± 180
Iron (Fe)	19.37 ± 6.6	7.07 ± 0.4^*	32.5 ± 10.78
Zinc (Zn)	1.0 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 1.12
Copper (Cu)	1.03 ± 0.47	0.41 ± 0.0	0.9 ± 0.48
Selenium (Se)	9.55 × 10^−3  ±  0.0	0.107 ± 0.0^**	ND
Lead (Pb)	0.355 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.0^**	ND
Arsenic (As)	5.5 × 10^−3  ±  0.0	0.28 ± 0.0^**	ND

Results are mean ± SD, analyzed individually in triplicate.
ND: nondetermined.
Statistically significant differences between the means of both cultivars are denoted as ^**p < 0.001; ^*p < 0.05.